ideas + design

Crossing Networks

SHIFT boston competiton

What if we could walk from Boston to East Boston? A question we have asked ourselves for as long as we’ve been living in this city. We propose a Harbor Walk bridge to make such a connection. By linking both sides of the harbor it is our hope that disused urban fragments such as the abandoned East Boston ferry terminal and Sargent’s wharf in the North End will be given new urban dynamism. The injection of new functions such as urban market space and dedicated bike commuting paths along with the restructuring of public space along the waterfront allows the harbor bridge to play the roll of destination and not just means to get from A to B. By bridging the waterfronts we help further move the urban infrastructure of Boston away from car-centric travel and toward a true walking city.

A benefit for the homeless empowerment project. Unite aims at bringing artists and musicians together for a night in support of homeless Americans. Members of O Z I I O participated in preparing an exhibit of photography and street art during the end of summer street fair held in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA.

Forgotten Urban Lots Competition In a city whose infrastructure continues to change, the number of construction sites and abandoned lots provide nothing but wasted space. The goal in this competition was to created City Dwelling out of a forgotten urban lot adjacent to the service corridor behind Newbury Street and the emergency exit on route [...]

latest projects

This past Tuesday O Z I I O co-founder Justin Viglianti spoke to transportation advocates on the benefits of neighborhood driven street design at the Livable Streets 2nd annual 10in1 series. Justin along with 9 other planning and design professionals presented their recent work to promote safer and more livable streets. The O Z I [...]

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O Z I I O is a Boston based design collaborative re-awakening the potential of design in everyday life. We believe that design is inspired by the people and places that make the built environment a unique and rich database of ideas. Our mission is to transform those ideas into informative, creative, and provocative designs that are considered integral pieces of the urban landscape.